St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-12
The Northwestern League
Pennant Goes to the Match
City Aggregation.
Rejoicing Should Be General
That 1t Was Not Taken
by Milwaukee.
One or Two Reasons Why
st. Paul Did Not Secure
the Trophy.
Detroit Gets the Second Game
of the Worlds Champion
ship Whipsaw.

NE NOIlllhCotSIh ISoSoO oSooOl
closed yesterday afternoon. The con-
test for the penant has been sufficiently
close to excite all lovers of the natural
sport and create some bad blood among
the four leading teams. The pennant
goes to Oshkosh, exactly where it should
go. Oshkosh closed the base ball year
with team several points stronger
than any OF its competitors, and merits
the honor it has earned. There was
constant danger that Milwaukee, but a
trifle stronger than Minneapolis, would
win the pennant, and it should
cause rejoicing throughout the
league that it has not done so.
Milwaukee had but one frst-class
pitcher, Smith. aud he did not stay the
season through, and yet Milwaukee
staid in front almost the whole year.
Where is the explanation of this? The
batting and fielding averages, to be
made up in a few days, will show that
milwaukee, was not the strongest team
in the league with the willow and one of
the weakest in the field. Then what
was the secret of success? From this
distance it looks like a case of ''um-
pre- For the first half of the season
the secretary of the league lived in Mil
waukee, and he had the appointment of
umpireS. A gentleman named Fore
man began
UAIPIRING IN MILWAUKEE
at the seasons opening, and, according
to the Milwaukee papers, Mr.. Foreman
was screaming success. This was
during the first six games, all of which
Milwaukee won. st. Paul then passed
along, taking the starch out of the Cream
tIty lads fbrAa STRAIGHT This
was too much. Secretary Quinn fired
Mr.. Foreman, though he was protested
by only Milwaukee. What effect would
such action have on the other umpires
of the league? Simply that they must
umpire all games in Milwaukee into the
Milwaukee teams hands or expect to
lose their situations. No bribery or
threats were necessary. The club
held over their heads was all
the warning that was needed.
The result was that Milwaukee
got long lead over its competitors.
Later on, after Secretary Quin had got
best umpire in the league, was sent to
Milwaukee, and umpired two games of
the DeS MoineS-MilWaukee series, both
of which the former fairly won. Here
Mr.. Hunt stepped into the breach and
got Secretary Norton to order him to
umpire no more games in Milwaukee.
Quinn was not released, as has been
supposed, as he had already rendered
his resignation to take effect at the end
of the month. On st. PauPs last trip,
before the visiting team had batted
around, a row occurred over the fact
that Kellogg batted third land brought
eighth on the printed score card.
These are simply
RANDOM SAMPLES
of what Milwaukee did all through the
season to secure the Northwestern
league pennantWith such STRIPPING pitch
ers as Shenkel and Anderson against
SowderS, Viau, Lovett, Krock and
Hutchinson. And yet the Milwaukee
Sentinel had the hardihood to put the
followingin print yesterday:
Milwaukee has made gallant struggle for
fairly would now be holding good lead. In
not single instance have the MilWaukees
taken an unfair advantage of their opponents
which is more than can be said of any other
team in the league. They have played a
manly game from first to last and but for the
tricky methods used by st. Paul, would oc-
cupy first place.
How did the tricky methods" of st.
Paulatfect the chances of Milwaukee for
the pennant? Reference, of course, is
made to the last ST. Paul-Milwaukee ser
les. The first of these games st. Paul won
by score of II to 3, and the next by Is
to 3. These even Milwaukee must adj
NIT were fairly won. The third game
stood l to in Milwaukee'S favor in the
fourth inning, when the game was
called on account of rain. 1t is by no
means certain that Milwaukee would
have won the game if it had been con-
tinued. 1t is, however, certain that
Cushman's delivery in this game was
illegal, as he stepped out of the box
every time he pitched the ball. The
fourth game was given to Milwaukee,
and the fifth was fairly won by st.
Paul. VIII the Milwaukee Sentinel
man please figure out how his pet team
could have won the pennant. even with
the l to 0 game which was not finished?
st. Paul was
STRONG ALMOST EVERYWHERE,
especially strong in fielding and batting:
the records will probably show that the
team was near the front in both; but it
was conSplcuouSly weak in two particu-
lars, IN right field and in base running.
Had Manager Barnes kept little Adams
IN right field this year instead of Dlay-
ing pitchers, Hull and other statuary
Ot. Faul might have had games enough
On It's string to win. A little swift and
well-timed base running added TO thie
would certainly have done the business.
There is no use, however, of weeping
about the overturned tactical fluid. Osh-
kosh has fairly won the pennant. The
team is model one-strong in batteries,
strong in fielding. strong in batting.
strong in lungs-and the GLOBE con-
graduates it on its accomplishment of
an especially difficult task. The sea
sons record follows:
Per-